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Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, the right of private defence of the body extends to…

Section 38 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly section 100 IPC) allows the right of private defence of the body to extend to causing death when an assault…

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Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, the right of private defence of the body extends to voluntarily causing death if the offence which occasions the exercise of the right

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Section 38 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly section 100 IPC) allows the right of private defence of the body to extend to causing death when an assault reasonably creates an apprehension that death will otherwise result. The defender remains subject to Section 37, including the limit against inflicting more harm than necessary. Apprehension of simple hurt alone does not permit lethal force, and a thief escaping with property does not by itself establish the required danger to the body.

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